American Society of Clinical Oncology
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When combined with Tecentriq and chemotherapy, tiroagolumab increased median survival to 15.7 months compared to 11.1 months for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma on chemo alone.
With the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in the history books, BioSpace takes a look back at the presented data that oncologists think will be most practice-changing.
While approved in non-small cell lung cancer, Keytruda failed to provide benefit for the TKI-resistant, EGFR-mutant subtype of the disease.
The combination therapy was added to standard chemotherapy and lowered the risk of progression or death by 37% in newly diagnosed patients with advanced ovarian cancer without BRCA mutations.
Data from a new head-to-head study showed BMS’ Opdivo induced better progression-free survival among Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients than Seagen’s Adcetris.
After five years of follow-up, AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso reduces the risk of death by 51% as compared with placebo in EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients, according to Phase III ADAURA trial results.
Servier Pharmaceuticals’ Vorasidenib, acquired from Agios in a $1.8 billion deal, slowed the growth of a certain type of low-grade glioma by 61% in a Phase III trial.
Combined with chemotherapy, Keytruda in KEYSTONE-671 significantly improved EFS and reduced the risk of disease recurrence, progression or death by 42%, beating Imfinzi’s EFS in the AEGEAN trial.
Follow news from the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2023 annual meeting—BioSpace will be tracking key updates here throughout the conference.
The Swiss pharma’s CDK4/6 inhibitor reduced risk for recurrence by 25% when added to the standard-of-care endocrine therapy, inviting comparisons to Lilly’s Verzenio.
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